Dactel's Build

[Frontier Fox]

Terry, great to see you back to work on your build. My advice is to try and get at least one thing done every day. Little steps add up!

[dactel]

Thank you, Joe. Yes that is a good advise.

[dactel]

Here's my wing rotisserie setup. Simple but it works. Now I can move wings around by myself.

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[bbs428]

Great to see you back in the mix Terry. Shed and the wing jigs look nice!

[dactel]

Thanks you, Brett. It's been rather a frustrating year just get to the point where I can actually start building the plane but I'm happy that I am finally able to do that.

[dactel]

Yesterday, I reamed all elevator hinge tabs and the elevator control horn. It was rather difficult to turn the reamer so close to the tube but I managed by first finger feeding it and finishing it with a vise grip. I applied them some Boeshield T9 prevent corrosion.

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Now, to get ready for the dreaded bushing reaming, I grinded the non-cutting end of the reamer to hex shape using my angle grinder so that it would fit a ¼ inch ratchet socket.

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[dactel]

I reamed the all 7 Horizontal Tail Hinge Bushings and the 2 Horizontal Tail Bushings. It was well worth making the hex shaped end on the reamer as it took only an hour or a little less to finish these tasks with a ¼ inch ratchet socket and a flexible shaft adapter.

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[rv9ralph]

After rotating them in Photos, do you save the edit?

Ralph

[dactel]

Finally finished installing all HS ribs today. I'm getting more efficient at hysoling.

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[dactel]

All seven brass bearings are now installed with Locktite 680 retaining compound. Since the compound sets up very fast, I had chosen to sand down the brass bearings just enough so that they could be slipped into the hinges with my fingers rather than pressing them in.

I had read some documents online about how to apply Locktite 680 compound and they recommended You apply a bead all around the outside near the “leading edge” of the part being inserted and slide it in using a rotating motion. It worked very well.

Also, I applied some Boeshield to the both ends between the brass bearings and the hinges to seal them against corrosion in case the Locktite didn’t cover the entire bare metal inside the hinges.

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